What is means: Guess what?! I did not have to resort to dictionary.com this week. In the article the authors quote Harris, Graham, and Mason (2003) as saying that "Self-Regulated Development (SRSD) instruction is one approach for teaching writing that focuses on explicity teaching strategies for planning, regulating, and self-monitoring written instruction." They go on to say that "SRSD instruction is designed to promote independent use of task-specific writing strategies by teaching students cognitive and self-regulation strategies so they can better understand and regulate the writing process."
Level of Familiarity: I have heard about SRSD instruction in undergrad, however, it was used for reading. This is my first time reading about gearing SRSD instruction to writing.
Do I Want to Know This Word Well and Why? I do want to know this word. As an educator, SRSD instruction is important. Self-regulated strategy use is important for students and as educators it is the ultimate goal.
Do I Think Others Should Know This Word Well...if so WHO and WHY?: YES! As educators we should know this word. SRSD instruction is important for all content areas. As educators SRSD is the ultimate goal for any strategy that we introduce to students. We want students to be able to self-regulate and independently use any strategy that we introduce to them. SRSD instruction is not just for writing, but also reading.
Nice work including the definition straight from the article Heather. Certainly we would hope that when writers of educational works are including specialized vocabulary, they would be kind to their readers and provide definitions and/or descriptions of the core concepts.
ReplyDeleteIn order to make this reference easy to find for your peers, make sure you include the full citation as well as including page number references as part of your in-text citation.